Tea Leaf Reading
Also called Tasseomancy, Tasseography or Tassology is a divination or fortune-telling method that 
interprets patterns in tea leaves, coffee grounds, wine sediments, wax, lead and other molten substances. This was first seen in the Medieval times and one of the oldest forms of divining. Eventually by the 1700’s tea leaf reading took off. This divination attempts to gain insight into the natural world through intuitive interpretation of symbols seen in the leaves and incorporating that with synchronistic events.
After a cup of tea has been poured, using loose leaves without using a tea strainer, the reader requests you the querent to consider any questions or wishes turning the cup clockwise three times on the saucer. Then to drink the tea off, occasionally swirling the cup. Once the tea is almost done the cup is turned upside down on the saucer and any remaining liquid drained off into the saucer.
The reader now looks for any patterns, shapes or letters in the leaves. These are then interpreted intuitively and using a standard system of symbolism and typical methods of placement which refer to timing of the said events. It is traditional to read a cup from the present to the future by starting along the rim at the handle of the cup and following the symbols downward in a spiral manner, until the bottom is reached, which symbolizes the far future.